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Mark Kikta

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  1. I finally got my new spare tire cover back from the embroiderer. I really like the end results with this.
  2. Wow, looks great Hugh, especially considering what you had to work with.
  3. Firewall was the same as the body color on my 1922 model 45.
  4. While I am waiting to get my side curtain rods made, I decided to tackle the spare tire cover. Now that I received my second order of material I can layout the material and cut new pieces using my old one as a pattern. I bought some new springs from Home Depot and completed the tire cover today. I checked the fit and then took it to the embroiderer to put the Buick Script on the tire cover.
  5. I ordered my leather and vinyl from a different place than Hugh did. I ordered the leather and perfectly matching vinyl. They sell wholesale only to businesses. It was automotive leather with a UV treatment. I Placed two orders, 1st order was 6 yards of vinyl to match the leather grain, and 3 hides of leather (they called it 122 sq ft or 2.5 hides) and the 2nd order was 2 hides of leather (they called it 88 sq ft because they were seconds (1.00 sq ft) and full of holes and crayon markings). I originally ordered 6 yards of vinyl because I thought I would cover all 4 doors and the back of the front seat with the vinyl. My wife convinced me to cover the doors with leather instead, so I ordered the second order of leather. Timing was such that they had a big sale on the leather I needed (it was only 1.00 a square foot sold as seconds. The seconds had a lot more small holes and thin spots marked up with some kind of crayon that was very difficult to remove). It all worked out well as I have about 4 yards of vinyl left over and just some small scraps of leather.
  6. Nice video Morgan! Im not sure what a model 49 is. I have a model 45.
  7. So, I have managed to complete all six side curtains except for fitting the door rods. I still don't have them back from the machine shop. As soon as they come back completed, I can fit them and finish sewing the side curtains. While I am waiting, I patterned the clear vinyl windows with blue cardboard and will draw the chalk lines for them when all sewing is complete. The machinist is trying to get the right milling machine bit to cut the grooves in the rods. Everything in this country is backordered like every other third world nation.
  8. I finally got some more time working on my side curtains after all the snow and bitter cold weather along with my annual goose hunting trip. I finished working the upper attaching points for the rear side curtain. On the front corner I attached a lift-the-dot to a piece of 2-inch webbing which will attach to the double post already in the top irons. Since there were no other attaching points near the rear of the curtain, I attached some webbing and snap to wrap around the top iron and snap to the back side of the curtain. I completed sewing the outer edges of the middle curtain and designed a half-round re-enforced tab at the top to attach onto the snap already on the top iron. I did not complete sewing the inner stitching yet (2 inches from the edges) because I still don't have my rods made to complete the fitting of the curtain and stitching for inserting the curtain rod. I completed all curtain attaching points to hold it in place along the bottom and top front edge. I also completed the sealing strip for the top and its attaching points. First, I used lift-the-dots to attach the sealing strip at each end and then I used Dot snaps to attach the lower corners to the side curtains. I then sewed the front of the sealing strip to the front-top of the curtain. I also completed sewing all of the edges of the front curtain and completed adding all of the attaching hardware. I also made the front curtain sealing strip and attached it the same way to the top irons and curtains using double lift-the-dot posts and Dot snaps. At the top front corner, I used the original Burco style hardware to hold the side curtain to the inside of wooden bow around the bend. I added a third between the original two the give a nice, formed corner and turn. I did not add any metal strips to the curtain to hold the corner, I think the Burco fasteners did a good job of that. Now that I have used this front curtain as a pattern to make one for the other side, I can sew the sealing strip to the front curtain at the top front edge which is what I'll do next. I checked the rough fit of the right side curtains to the left side of the car and they are roughly compatible, so I used them to draw and cut the patterns for the left side. My plan now is to sew and attach the left side curtains to the same point and by that point in time I hope my rods are completed and I can finish integrating them into the curtains. After I complete that. I will be able to mark the curtains for window position and ensure they are all in line before I start cutting the side curtains to install the clear vinyl. More to follow.
  9. I thought I would just ask this question because this car was my first and I still wonder if it's being cared for. I just loved it. This 53 Super 2-door hardtop was my first car and was just hoping someone still has it on the road. The serial number was 57225659. If anyone has the old girl would you please let me know. Thank you, Mark Kikta
  10. The only place I could find the original paint color was at the PPG Paint Library where they had the same mix. I called them and they were most helpful. You do have to account for age and fading however.
  11. Nice looking 21/22 Buick. Where did this go to its new home? Florida?
  12. So now that I have made some patterns from the Buick original design, I realize that the original design for 1922 was pretty much nonfunctional for daily use. The 1923 design was much more user friendly with the additional strip (Seal) across the top on the inside so the doors can be opened and closed and the weather was somewhat sealed out. So, I went with a modified 1923 side curtain design and I will use the 1923 window design also which we will show later. Also, I wanted to make my side curtains with two panels of material sewn together but I don't think I have enough material for all of that with the additional inside seals, so I decided I will make my curtains with reinforced edges as Buick did it. I can use up a lot of my scrap material to make those reinforcing pieces. I'm waiting for some 1 1/2" webbing to make some straps for attaching the top of the rear curtain to the top irons and waiting for my curtain rods for the doors. I'm also investigating if sewing a strip of steel inside the middle side curtain along the top and sewing some long magnets in the inside seal would provide any better sealing when the doors were closed? I have also seen photos of cars with the middle curtain sagging at the top and I thought this approach might help reduce that sagging?? More to follow on this experiment.
  13. I'm interested because it will fit my 39 Chev. How shall I pay you?
  14. Great information Hugh! Thanks for posting it
  15. Roney, thanks. That's another great thought Mark
  16. Good to see you and the Buick getting out!
  17. David, I was looking at that tonight. I remember what you said and I will need to ensure I can see what I need. I’m thinking I need much more clear space than I see in this original design. Slow and steady wins the race🤪
  18. I certainly hope I can take the old style(1922) and the later style(23-25) and make something that works. Clearly the original 21-22 style was pretty ineffective as a side curtain. I made my first patterns out of poster board then transferred that onto some leftover polystyrene I had leftover from doing my interior door flaps. This works great to add snaps etc to hold them in place. As you can see they are still rough but they are starting to look like side curtains. I haven’t decided on how I want to do the windows yet so I just cut rough shapes so I can reach inside to work.
  19. I think Hugh might have them, I don’t. But Hugh has provided lots of good photos of the details. Thanks Brian. Not sure I need them right now anyway. Appreciate the offer! Mark
  20. Well, I'm off to start these side curtains next. Another first for me. Seems like I have had a lot of "Firsts" lately with this car. Glad we have this forum to garner help and advice when needed. I decided to try a different approach to making my side curtains from scratch. Instead of laying posterboard up on the car and drawing the shape, I made single digital slides for each side curtain and thought I would project these slides on to posterboard and trace out the shape. I used the pictures from the 1922 Buick Parts manual and cropped them to use one side curtain at a time. I put them on to a memory stick and projected them using my digital projector. I went out to the car and took measurements between the attaching hardware for each curtain, and I assumed that when I started projecting these up on the posterboard, everything would stay relative, and all would scale as I moved the projector in and out to match the measurements. At the point they matched, I would have the shape and size needed. I taped the posterboard on to a piece of plywood and off I went. After tracing the picture, I cut it out and took it out to the car to see how it fit. Amazing enough, it was a close fit! I think I need to move one side 1/2" longer and drop the window location about one inch. I don't know how accurate the parts book pictures are but seems as though they are very close. So, I'll correct these changes on a new piece of posterboard and it should fit just right.
  21. It was quite handy basically working alongside someone else doing the same thing as you. Thank you for your help also. It was fun!
  22. These are the last for this post. I added a few more exterior pictures and some inside pictures too.
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